Bracelet



(No Model.)

W. LINK.

. BRACELET. No. 256,438. Patented Apr. 11,1882.

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UNITED 1 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LINK, OF NEWARK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ADDISON (DONK- LING, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,438, dated April 11, 1882.

' Application filed February 8, 1882. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LINK, of Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Bracelet, of which the following is afull,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of bracelets which are formed of two. semicircular plates or bands, of metal of considerable width, hinged together and provided at their free ends with suitable clicks and catches,- and adapted to be clasped around the wrist; and my invention consists in providing the outer surface of the plates at their edges with elevated ribs or flanges, which reach from the edges toward the center of the plates and serve to re-enforce the plates and make them rigid and firm, whereby it is practical to make the plates of less weight of material than heretofore. The ribs or flanges are by preference made hollow and in cross-section, in the form of an acute angle, and formed or placed upon the plates in such manner that one'side of the flanges will be on a plane with the edges of the plates, the other sidebein g diagonal thereto and reachin gtoward the center of the plates, thus serving not only to re-enforce and stiffen the plates, but also to brace the outside or straight part of the flange, and also to present the greatest possible amount of metal of the flange to view, and this feature also constitutes a part of my invention.

Myinvention further-consists in the method of forming the ribs or flanges, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new and. improved bracelet. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line w m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of one of the flanges or ribs as it appears when made single; and Fig. 4 is a similar view, showing the flanges as they appear when made double or in pairs.

A A represent the semicircular plates or bands, which are hinged together by the hinge a, and form the main portion of the bracelet and B B represent the ribs or flanges, which are by preference soldered upon the outer surface of the plates at their edges, as shown. The ribs or flanges B are made hollow and in the form in cross-section of an acute angle, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, so that when 5 placed upon the plates A the narrow portion cof the flanges will be on a plane with the edges of the plates, and the wider portion 0 thereof will slant downward and inward toward the center of the plates A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that when the flange is soldered fast to the plates A the wider portion 6 will serve to re-enforce and stiffen the plates, and also to brace the narrower portions 0 of the flanges, so as to make them strong and 6 durable, and hold them against all danger of. being indented, bent inward, or otherwise injured from any ordinary usage.

The portions D of the main plates between the lower edges of the diagonal or inclined 7o portions c of the flanges may be enameled, engraved, or otherwise ornamented to suit the taste.

The ends,of the main plates A are provided with the raised cross-pieces or flanges b b, so 7 5 as to give the bracelet the proper appearance and finish at the hinge and clasp of the bracelet.

The flanges B B may be formed by rolling, drawing, stamping, or spinning a plate of metal into the form of an acute angle, as shown in Fig. 3, to form a single rib or flange, or the metal may be given the form in crosssectionof double contig'iious acute angles, as shown in Fig. 4,adapted to be out longitudinally in the center for forming two flanges, as will be clearly understood from Fig. 4.

By this construction of the bracelet it will be seen that all the parts of the bracelet can be made very light, yet the bracelet will be strong and durable, and owing to the extent of surface of metal exposed to view, due to the angular formation of the ribs or flanges, the bracelet will present a massive and rich appearance.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The bracelet made substantially as herein shown and described, formed of the main plates I00 A A and the hollow re-enforcing flanges or ribs B B, secured upon the outer surface of the plates at their edges, as set forth.

2. The flanges B 13, formed of the straight portion 0 and the diagonal or inclined portion 0, and adapted to be secured upon the outside and at the edges of the plates A,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The method of forming the ribs or flanges B B, which consists in stamping or otherwise 10 bending a plate of metal into double acute angles and then cutting the bent plate longitudinally in the center, substantially as described.

WILLIAM LINK.

Witnesses:

H. A. Wnsr, O. SEDGWICK. 

